CLEVELAND — The day is finally here.
Over a year after fans created a petition to have a Cleveland intersection named "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way" after the famous hip-hop group, it finally happened.
On Friday, the city of Cleveland hosted a renaming ceremony that renamed the intersection of East 99th Street and St. Clair Avenue to "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way."
“There's nothing here that pays homage to that or to the group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,” said Felicia C. Haney, owner of Beach Street Publicity.
In order to achieve their goal, Haney and Juan Goodwin went door-to-door with a petition for the name change in order to get signatures from 70% of the street. After the petition was signed, it was sent to Cleveland City Council.
3News streamed the ceremony live, which can be viewed below:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, composed of Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone formed in 1991 in Cleveland.
The group was signed to Ruthless Records by N.W.A.'s Eazy-E and soon found many of its songs and albums near the top of the charts. One of those singles, "Tha Crossroads," reached No. 1 in the United States and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.
The five artists worked with legends such as Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E and Big Pun.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb also came out with a proclamation on Friday to name August 11
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Day
as the city celebrates 50 years of hip hop.
The full proclamation can be viewed below:
